Seeking to get the first-mover benefit within the Haryana Meeting polls, the BJP has launched its first record of candidates, declaring names for 67 out of the state’s 90 constituencies. The record contains the names of Chief Minister Nayab Singh Saini, who will likely be contesting from the Ladwa constituency and former minister Anil Vij.
Mr Vij would be the BJP’s candidate from the Ambala Cantonment constituency, a seat he has gained three successive instances since 2009.
Mr Saini, who was an MP from Kurukshetra till he changed Manohar Lal Khattar because the Haryana chief minister in March this yr, at present represents the Karnal Meeting seat, which he gained in a bypoll in June.
The opposite candidates embody Ambala Mayor and former Union Minister Vinod Sharma’s spouse Shakti Rani Sharma, who will likely be contesting from the Kalka meeting constituency. Ms Sharma is the mom of Manu Sharma, a convict within the Jessica Lal homicide case.
Shruti Choudhry who left the Congress and joined the BJP along with her mom – Rajya Sabha MP Kiran Choudhry – in June has been given a ticket from Tosham. Three former legislators from the Jannayak Janata Occasion, which was the BJP’s ally till this yr, have additionally been fielded. These are Devender Singh Babli from Tohana, Ram Kumar Gautam from Safidon and Anoop Dhanak from Uklana.